@article { Holtgrewe2004,
title = {Articulating the speed(s) of the Internet: the case of open source/free software
}, author = {Holtgrewe, Ursula
}, journal = {Time & Society
}, number = {1
}, pages = {129-146
}, volume = {13
}, year = {2004
}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-122596
}, abstract = {"The Internet is widely considered as a key factor of speeding up social and cultural change. It
represents the merging of information and communication technologies and enables flows of
information and capital, and communication and co-operation regardless of space and,
possibly, time. The paper explores the example of Open Source/Free Software development,
i.e. software development in self-organised projects based on a considerable share of
voluntary work. Here, we find complex articulations of speeding up and slowing down
technological development. Open Source/Free Software projects complement the logic of
speeding up technological progress and of obsolescence with a reflexive logic of optionality,
variety and sustainability which addresses the accessibility of technology and knowledge as a
precondition for future creativity beyond markets and organisations." (author's abstract)},}